The dwindling importance of familiar media is reflected in the fact that they are given new names. When cell phones became established in the late 1990s, the word “landline” became common for home phones. As streaming services and media libraries have changed television habits over the past 15 years, the old programming model has become known as “linear television.” The marginalization of what was previously self-evident presents itself linguistically as a refinement.
Is television dead? A look at Thomas Gottschalk, “Wetten Dass…?” and the ratings – media
